heart palpitations anyone ( after i eat specifically )?

I have occasionally gotten that feeling of heart palpitations after eating and always assumed it was because I had too much salt. So I went through a period of going to cardiologist appointments frequently (they always looked at me strange there because I am not yet 50 and all the patients were elderly!!). But they never found anything, except an elevated blood pressure reading probably from being so stressed about my heart palpitations! It's a vicious circle sometimes with Lyme. But when symptoms suddenly disappear, I always make the assumption it was a Lyme/Babesia flare-up. But it is so scary at the time!

I also have varicose veins on my legs but attribute that to age. I don't know how old you are - but I think there may be other causes than age. Maybe a sedentary lifestyle or the opposite - too much strenuous activity? I would do a search on here for that, since I can't help you out on that one.

If it would make you feel better, I say go for the appointment. Sometimes it just feels good to relieve your mind, if only for a little while until the next symptom shows up. Ugh



Sinthia

I also share that experience and reaction to bloodsugar imbalance. I think palpitations can also happen if you have a yeast/fungal overgrowth in your gut, which is reliant upon sugars (and simple carbs) to survive. You can have immediate reactions whenever you feed it (dizziness, lethargy, nausea, and a ton of other symptoms) if you have a yeast overgrowth and this is common with people who are on antibiotics.

ALSO… Before I suspected I had lyme and co… I was testing out theories, and decided to do a parasite cleanse. So I started a juice fast. After 5 days, I made some chick pea concoction for my first meal and just as I had a spoonful enter my mouth—before any of it even touched my tongue, my entire body reacted—it was the strangest thing. My glads started spasming—painfully and I immediately salivating, my jaw muscles hurt, my heart started pounding, my head was pounding, I was out of breath. This all happened literally within half a second as the spoon entered my mouth, and when the food actually touched my tongue it heightened for about a minute, then in about 5 minutes I was calmer. Weird.

And I don't have varicose veins but do have some spider veins in my legs now. I like rowingmom's/Buhner's statement about the Bart—I think it constricts blood flow in weird ways…

-p